Opinion: Israeli Amb.: Hamas's Use of Human Shields 'Grotesque'

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer rejects criticism of the ground war in Gaza and says U.S. flights to Israel should resume. Photo credit: Getty Images.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

... I ... I ... the opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... intense as it is particularly our poll by the rising death toll in Gaza ... meanwhile the US has halted all flights to Israel ... will Israel be pressured into it premature peace Israel ambassador to the U S Rhonda Durmer joins me now from Washington ... Mr. ambassador what are the preconditions for peace ... well you talk about a prima trapeze formal way yet ... that's what it was peaceful we need to do is it ... does get to a cease fire ... Israel it agreed to cease fire proposals ... that were made by DJ the last week ... before we began our ground operations that this cease fire proposal ... was supported by the international community was supported by the Arab League basically the entire world ... of forcing Hamas continued to fire rockets at Israel ... and they tried to attack Israel through these tunnels systems that are building ... coming onto our borders trying to come out on the other side killing as many civilians as possible and kidnapping them to Israel's army had to go in ... and were now rooting out a lot of those tunnels of actually gone out what needs to happen you have to pour cement down every tunnel how many rockets have to be ceased ... no actually the ones who were poured cement into the tunnels are Hamas where they were importing vast quantities tons and tons hundreds and thousands ... any thousands of tons of cement ... into this labyrinth The Seltzer rainy and ... that's why this crowded Mary is the stair catacombs that you had ... on our border ... and we need to do is basically find at the openings ... it takes a long time it's very painstaking work and then we put exposes in and load up as you can just pull off an opening as in they can just to get out in no time you have to collapsible tunnel Secretary of state's time yet Secretary of State John Kerry is in Israel right now he was caught on camera ... railing disparaging Israel's ... military strikes in Gaza saying they were quote one hell of a pinpoint operation ... is Secretary Kerry while coming Israel do you see his presence there is helpful to the peace process ... yes he's absolutely welcome me sitting with our prime minister right now as we speak ... he's made some very strong statements in the area that is the right to defend itself as has the president ... ah so we don't really think that's an issue though what we're dealing with now ... is we have about three quarters of our population for the last two weeks it would be the will of over two hundred million Americans who had to run into Bob bomb shelters that something that no country with tolerating we appreciate that we've gotten broad backing internationally ... of these rules right to defend itself the probably add marries were dealing with an enemy ... that not only fires are sometimes that they hide ... behind their own civilians and actually put rockets in schools ... next the hospital's next the mosque we had actually hit hospital today that fortune was evacuated before because we told them to get out of there when they were literally fire rockets from inside the hospital in shooting from inside the hospital we also have Hamas opening up a military command ... center they had under another hostel in Gaza ... this is really sick it's grotesque what Hamas is done in their use of human shields ... and with the international community should be doing right now ... he's speaking out very strongly against Hamas is using human shields of hospitals homes mosque walls ... ah for their care activity again says ... I what got you last question very quickly the FAA flight and Israel shouldn't be lifted should remain in place ... know we we although we lifted it as soon as possible we were hoping would be lifted only within twenty four hours ... all are FAA an equivalent is meeting ... with your FAA ... and they were going to let the sun finally issues they had ... basically address most of the FA is concern that maybe a couple of things outstanding it's important to remember ... that other airlines are actually coming flying into an out of Israel not only on actually on British there check care about ... I think it's nineteen companies ... are continuing flights into and out of the Bangor in airport so we say yesterday I think we had thirty thousand travelers ... that went into an out of Israel as opposed to fifty thousand on a normal day and one and make the fly it's a light pole climb the next I'm hoping the next few hours in a very short order that this thing will be lifted and they can continue regular service it's safe to fly and I would know one of those travelers was former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg Israeli ambassador to the restaurant or ... thank you so much